§44-5B-3. Applicability.

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WV Code › Chapter 44 › Article 5B › Section 3

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(a) This article applies to:

(1) A fiduciary acting under a will or power of attorney executed before, on, or after the effective date of this article;

(2) A personal representative acting for a decedent who died before, on, or after the effective date of this article;

(3) A conservatorship proceeding commenced before, on, or after the effective date of this article; and

(4) A trustee acting under a trust created before, on, or after the effective date of this article.

(b) This article applies to a custodian if the user resides in this state or resided in this state at the time of the user’s death.

(c) This article does not apply to a digital asset of an employer used by an employee in the ordinary course of the employer’s business.

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